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[B the BookAddict]

People keep them as 'pets', lord know why? Can you imagine training that thing to 'sit' or 'heel'?

[Sally906]

B the BookAddict wrote: "People keep them as 'pets', lord know why? Can you imagine training that thing to 'sit' or 'heel'?"

LOL - or not eat the cat!!

[Neko]

Michael wrote: "Hey just a heads up for anyone who has a Dick Smiths store nearby and are after a bargain. This weekend there will be a massive sale with up to 80% off some items. Full details on what is on sale c..."

Thanks! I'm always a little skeptical of their massive sales after a few years ago and the crud that happened along with it. Amazing deals but it was a little too good to be true kind of thing and turned out most of the hot ticketed items got bagged by the staff.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Nice and quiet on here. That must mean everyone is busy reading for the Readathon:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Yes, I think we are:) I just wrote my two reviews and now I'll get back to reading...didn't want to get too behind:)

[B the BookAddict]

Have a smallish Dick Smith here with only three staff. The town is already filling up with holiday makers. I can imagine the crush in Dick Smith so am not going.

[B the BookAddict]

Back from two hours of supposed Christmas shopping in which time I bought myself a new pair of shoes, two new shirts, some make-up and my favourite Lang calendar for next year. I've come home because it started to get busy and I hate crowds, especially holiday ones who just seem to dawdle. Will attempt the Christmas shopping tomorrow:)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

B the BookAddict wrote: "Back from two hours of supposed Christmas shopping in which time I bought myself a new pair of shoes, two new shirts, some make-up and my favourite Lang calendar for next year. I've come home becau..."

Well you have done your own Xmas present at least:)

[Veronica ⭐️]

B the BookAddict wrote: "Back from two hours of supposed Christmas shopping in which time I bought myself a new pair of shoes, two new shirts, some make-up and my favourite Lang calendar for next year. I've come home becau..."

Love it Bette. The best kind of Christmas shopping. :)

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

Man, a nanna is reading to her grandkid at work and she runs the story and telling the kid off all together into one neverending sentence. I just stood there and listened for a few minutes cos it was amazing.

"Cameron the Cocky was a sulfur-crested cockatoo where are you going come back over here now and he was possibly the most handsome cocky in Queensland no stop put that chair down this instant good girl just sit right here and all the other birds in the forest were no we're reading this book now very jealous of his beautiful, bright leave your brother alone crest."

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Hahahahahaha!!! That's funny Liam!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

B the BookAddict wrote: "Back from two hours of supposed Christmas shopping in which time I bought myself a new pair of shoes, two new shirts, some make-up and my favourite Lang calendar for next year. I've come home becau..."

Numero uno is all done Bette;)

[Veronica ⭐️]

Oh Liam, that is hilarious. It gave me a good laugh. I'm now wondering if I read to the kids like that :)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Liam wrote: "Man, a nanna is reading to her grandkid at work and she runs the story and telling the kid off all together into one neverending sentence. I just stood there and listened for a few minutes cos it w..."

Hahaha, great entertainment Liam! Can just picture it :)

[Suz]

B the BookAddict wrote: "Back from two hours of supposed Christmas shopping in which time I bought myself a new pair of shoes, two new shirts, some make-up and my favourite Lang calendar for next year. I've come home becau..."

I don't love crowds, either Bette. How bout early Monday morning?

[Suz]

Liam wrote: "Man, a nanna is reading to her grandkid at work and she runs the story and telling the kid off all together into one neverending sentence. I just stood there and listened for a few minutes cos it w..."

Liam wrote: "Man, a nanna is reading to her grandkid at work and she runs the story and telling the kid off all together into one neverending sentence. I just stood there and listened for a few minutes cos it w..."

RitaSkeeter wrote: "Liam wrote: "Man, a nanna is reading to her grandkid at work and she runs the story and telling the kid off all together into one neverending sentence. I just stood there and listened for a few min..."
Love that story!!

[Leonie]

That must have been hilarious, Liam :)

[Leonie]

Michael wrote: "Bravo to the New York Times with there front page editorial on gun violence. Unfortunately it will probably not make a difference with the power of the gun lobby controlling politicians and the pro..."

I just read that. It's excellent. And here's a link via the ABC if anyone wants to read it. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-05...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Leonie and Michael! That's wonderful - let's hope it makes a difference...

[B the BookAddict]

@Liam What a laugh:) But it must have been annoying to listen to. Maybe she'd been a spruiker at some stage.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Someone is having a party nearby and they are STILL all singing like crazy, at 4.40am!! (⊙_☉)....and I am a couple of streets away...I think, would hate to be their neighbours.

[Marianne]

So Jools, are you up early, or haven't you been to bed yet?

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Marianne wrote: "So Jools, are you up early, or haven't you been to bed yet?"

A bit of both Marianne, DH couldn't sleep and fidgeted with his ipad until I was fully awakened at 2am...then he fell asleep and has been knocking out capital Zzzzz's ever since! So I made myself a cuppa and moved to my library :)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Addendum ...the party nearby seems to have died a sudden death and DH's snores have reduced themselves to lower case zzzz's, so some sleep might be possible soon :/

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Michael wrote: "Bravo to the New York Times with there front page editorial on gun violence. Unfortunately it will probably not make a difference with the power of the gun lobby controlling politicians and the pro..."

Michael, I will never understand the United States (as close as it is to Canada)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Addendum ...the party nearby seems to have died a sudden death and DH's snores have reduced themselves to lower case zzzz's, so some sleep might be possible soon :/"

You poor thing..don't you have a spare bedroom??

[B the BookAddict]

Gosh, we are all up early today! Hi everyone!

[[deleted user]]

Hi :) how is everyone :) and yes up very early *shakes head* :)

[[deleted user]]

B the BookAddict wrote: "Gosh, we are all up early today! Hi everyone!"

Goodmorning :D

[B the BookAddict]

Hey there, Miss Randomness, how are you?

[Tui]

Going crazy with wild turkeys here again. They leave horrible messes everywhere on the lawns and decks.So easy to kill them. They sit on the back fence overnight and go into a stupor. I could just walk up and grab them and somehow do the evil deed, but as an animal lover I just could not do that.

Being Christmas, you'd think someone would want to eat them. (Not me - I'm vege) but I think you don't eat the ones who were killed when there's an 'r' in the month, because they taste funny, or so I'm told. Took a photo of one of ours trying to eat the moon, while sitting on my back fence at night.

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B the BookAddict wrote: "Hey there, Miss Randomness, how are you?"

Hey back :) and miss randomness is quite alright apart from being very tired after a 5am wake up! How about yourself :)

[Suz]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Addendum ...the party nearby seems to have died a sudden death and DH's snores have reduced themselves to lower case zzzz's, so some sleep might be possible soon :/"

Hate a bad nite, Jools. Rest day today!

[B the BookAddict]

I've whizzed thru the shops like a dervish this morning. Have three sets of my sibling's offspring to buy for; one big set, one middle size set and one little one, kinda like my own family of three little bears! Just walked in laden with toys, books and clothes. Back tomorrow for vouchers for the big set. Then I am done!

My hand is almost automatically holding out my savings account card, lol!

[B the BookAddict]

Hoping we don't get that here tomorrow, Michael. Make sure you stay well hydrated and cool.

[Ace]

B the BookAddict wrote: "I've whizzed thru the shops like a dervish this morning. Have three sets of my sibling's offspring to buy for; one big set, one middle size set and one little one, kinda like my own family of three..."

That is early for shopping B, what time do your shops open? Good haul!!

[B the BookAddict]

Hi, Ace:) 8am during December for Christmas shopping but I was nearly the lone shopper there this morning!

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Wow, lots of EB's today...must be nearly Christmas! Or all trying to maximise their reading time for the readathon eh??? ;)

@ Brenda, nice and relaxing in my library and went back to bed for a couple of hours later on.

@Tui, we have a similar rule where you don't do certain things on days that end with a 'y'. Funny turkey trying to eat the moon, maybe he thought it was cheese ;)

@ Suz, I've had house guests for four days and couldn't get anything of my 'planned jobs' done, so not much rest time today...lots to do before the Christmas crowd arrive in the days before :/

And yesterday my outdoor fishpond sprung a big leak! I came out to find them all doing breast stroke in six inches of water! Poor little things, lucky I was home. No casualties thank goodness, and DH has been performing emergency repairs...so far so good...fingers crossed :[

[Leonie]

Morning all! The only good side to spending the weekend with a bug is having to lie down and read. Hopefully my contribution to this weekend's readathon will be a good one :)

And your poor little fishes, Julie!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Wow look at all these posts while I finished my book for the readathon!

Jools glad you managed some rest and good luck with the breast stroking fish ;)

Bette wonderful you could go so early..best time..in and out quickly!

Stay cool Michael..glad we don't live in Adelaide ATM!

Have a great day everyone :)

[B the BookAddict]

Yep, me too. I'm going to put clean bed linen on the bed and then devote myself to reading:)

[Ace]

Ohh I put on fresh sheets and the 'big' doona on last night and read till midnight, it was so cosy. Might have the heater on tonight for the first time. The water in the tap is cold too. After months of humidity I forget how cold it can actually get here!

Back to the readathon for me...and the doona :) Happy Sunday all.

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Michael wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "Someone is having a party nearby and they are STILL all singing like crazy, at 4.40am!! (⊙_☉)....and I am a couple of streets away...I think, would hate to be their neighbours."

I ..."

I no tell me about it Michael!!!! No one should b alive at that time lol! But I just got a puppy and she was determined not to go back to sleep and was crying her little heart out...she's only 9weeks old..,oh gosh I hope she doesn't make a habit of this I sleep little as it is! *face palms* looks like no beauty sleep for me! :(

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Queen of Randomness (AKA Kristen) wrote: "Michael wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "Someone is having a party nearby and they are STILL all singing like crazy, at 4.40am!! (⊙_☉)....and I am a couple of streets away...I think, would hate to be their ..."

Oh how lovely QofR, I would gladly wake up for a little lonely puppy <3

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☼♄Jülie wrote: "Queen of Randomness (AKA Kristen) wrote: "Michael wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "Someone is having a party nearby and they are STILL all singing like crazy, at 4.40am!! (⊙_☉)....and I am a couple of stree..."

Yeah she was very happy to c me :) so that was something at least...but it's the whole dragging self out of bed thing lol...getting a taste of wat it would b like to b a mum! :) gosh it's gonna b hard though getting up early every morning if I'm lucky on a av night I get 2-3hrs sleep (bc of my back pain) so might have to start the coffee regime up again lol

[Neko]

Braved the wild terrains this morning (aka a shopping complex)..I walked around in a sleepy daze..lol..So busy!! Left as quick as possible. I've gotten all my xmas shopping now done EXCEPT for one more thing! That might mean a trip into town..noooo :(

[B the BookAddict]

@Julie Glad you didn't have to give your fishies 'mouth to mouth;.


My neighbours have a puppy, it's a Groodle, cross between a Golden Retriever and a Poodle. A gorgeous happy little thing but already an 'only outside' dog, so it whines from about 6am onwards waiting for the owners to get up:( I'm not fussed on these 'pedigreed cross-breeds' - that's how puppy farms come about.

[Carolyn]

You've had a very stressful weekend between the inconsiderate party givers and the fishpond leak. Glad to hear the gushes are doing Ok. Hope the leak is fixed and you caught up on your beauty sleep.

I've had a nasty virus over the weekend. Was too sick to make it in for my last day at work before holidays on Friday and spent the weekend doing very little. Missed my work group's Christmas lunch and Christmas drinks after work and had to cancel weekend outings. Rest of the family have either had or or are going down with it now so it hasn't berm much fun at our place this week!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Carolyn wrote: "You've had a very stressful weekend between the inconsiderate party givers and the fishpond leak. Glad to hear the gushes are doing Ok. Hope the leak is fixed and you caught up on your beauty sleep..."

Oh Carolyn, that's no good! You poor thing...when do you leave for holidays? I hope you have a few days to recover before you leave. And missing all those fab Christmas things...too sad:( I hope you're on the mend now...

[Carolyn]

Thanks Brenda, feeling much better today. We leave on Wednesday so I still have a couple of days to recover and shouldn't be infectious to the other passengers at that stage. I haven't been sick all year so it's really unfortunate to catch a virus now when I have such a long list if things to do!